tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post4110139331434618264..comments2024-03-28T14:19:53.973+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Thumping people who insult your motherFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-81068986596839265172015-01-22T15:55:16.374+00:002015-01-22T15:55:16.374+00:00Was it wrong of St Paul to rebuke St Peter (rather...Was it wrong of St Paul to rebuke St Peter (rather rudely, it might appear)? Were St Catherine and St Bridget wrong to criticize the policies/actions of the Popes of their day? If every utterance of a Pope is to be regarded as beyond criticism, are we not falling into W.G.Wardism?Don Camillo SSChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181985690276317480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-41303178006736891072015-01-22T04:29:26.244+00:002015-01-22T04:29:26.244+00:00It seems to me that a bishop preaching during the ...It seems to me that a bishop preaching during the celebration of the Eucharist in his own diocese must be thought to have episcopal teaching authority rather than 'presbyteral', regardless of the presence or absence of the pontifical ceremony.Fr. Yousufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430669853591411729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-71203256390570739682015-01-20T20:58:32.170+00:002015-01-20T20:58:32.170+00:00I have been resisting the temptation to judge, but...I have been resisting the temptation to judge, but I’m not succeeding: Pope Francis talks too much! “Words to the heat of deeds”…and all that. He has the deeds. Let them speak for themselves.<br /><br />The story is told of American President Calvin Coolidge (a man of few words, he was dubbed “Silent Cal” by the media) that a journalist once said to him that he had bet a friend he could get GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-20180868393976427322015-01-20T15:00:56.561+00:002015-01-20T15:00:56.561+00:00While I'm not sure exactly what to think about...While I'm not sure exactly what to think about the punching remark, I have to say that I am glad that the Pope's remarks didn't just ratify the "freedom of speech" narrative. Someone here remarked that surely this was about peoples' right not to be murdered. It is fairly awful to watch the constant rhetoric of escalation between the modern western world and at least John H. Graneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217298274393450604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-79931498175379055782015-01-20T14:35:01.107+00:002015-01-20T14:35:01.107+00:00I don't know if the pope's seatbelt-less c...I don't know if the pope's seatbelt-less conferences are in English, the usual language of such. If so his very poor command of this language, and any others, as far as I can see, may partly explain the problems.<br /><br />If I may offer a bit of Lay, strictly Non-Formal advice, please note, I think it only right and proper that before thumping the bloke on the jaw, you should offer himJacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-79774308381410098562015-01-20T11:54:35.095+00:002015-01-20T11:54:35.095+00:00Particular respect is due to the holder of a parti...Particular respect is due to the holder of a particular office, but a high respect is due to every person made in the image and likeness of God.<br />Calumny and scandal, disguised as (disingenuous) questions regarding any person must be immoral. A question which will cause doubts or scandal, is morally inadmissible if the questioner does not provide the answer to resolve or expunge the scandal B flathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611595580578224726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-13714323411607235712014-07-09T00:08:04.506+01:002014-07-09T00:08:04.506+01:00Which Pope was dragged before the Holy Inquisition...Which Pope was dragged before the Holy Inquisition and recanted some of his preaching? I do remember it happened.<br /><br />But it does seem to me that part of our due deference to the Episcopus Romanae, Servus Servorum etc. is, when it is our place to speak at all, to speak <i>to him</i>, exhorting and reproving and ædifying according to the faith (following St. Paul's excellent example Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-52684554974592033912014-07-08T01:59:14.240+01:002014-07-08T01:59:14.240+01:00Thank you, thank you Fr. Hunwicke for explaining ...Thank you, thank you Fr. Hunwicke for explaining it all. I was so flustered and feeling so alone when most people to whom I talked about my extreme confusion about the Jubilee of Pope St. Celestine the V, either thought I was attacking the Pope to even bring it up, or wanted only to say sweet things and wanted to hear nothing of the concerns I have about the Man. (Pope Francis that is). The Woman of the Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354570273331860879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-81371179065793400882014-07-08T01:31:45.848+01:002014-07-08T01:31:45.848+01:00Difficult questions.
To show loyalty to the OFFIC...Difficult questions.<br /><br />To show loyalty to the OFFICE of the Pope, on a human level, do we not have to show loyalty to the man currently in the office--being unable to kneel and kiss the ring of the dead?<br /><br />On the other hand, is it really loyal to be silent--if not encouraging--if a Pope harms the Church through confusion? And what about our loyalty to those souls who are being Stephen Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301884569989243932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-69645803409976071482014-07-05T17:27:03.018+01:002014-07-05T17:27:03.018+01:00I fail to see how a homily or semon can be anythin...I fail to see how a homily or semon can be anything other than magisterial, particularly one in the context of a liturgy. Indeed, when thus preaching, it seems to me that the priest, bishop, or pope is at his most magisterial. Not only does he not stop being pope when he steps into the pulpit, it does seem to me the most obvious example of his ordinary magisterium, precisely because of the Fr. Michael LaRuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04824777871450270095noreply@blogger.com